Conference in Children’s Literature
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Speakers include Will Weaver, author; Sarah Shumway, editor; and Andrea Weiss, editor. For information visit www.scbwidakotas.org.

Annual Fall Event: Agents' Day
National Library, Ottawa, Ontario, 8:00am to 4:00pm
Agents Kendra Marcus of BookStop Literary Agency and Rebecca Sherman of Writers House answer all your questions about agents. Plus first pages session,
one-on-one critiques. Visit website under Events for details and registration brochure.

Editors Day
Santa Ana Zoo
You are invited to an amazing Editor's Day! We will gather once again in the fabulous Big Red Barn at the charming Santa Ana Zoo. Each attendee will have access to the beautiful 20-acre zoo for free. Speakers include: Ben Barnhart, Editor at Milkweed Editions; Lin Oliver, Exective Producer, Nickelodeon and Author; Molly O'Neil: Assistant Editor at Bowen Press, HarperCollins Children’s Books; Julie Tibbot, Editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; and Marlene Perez, YA Author. Additional editor TBA. Join us for critiques, contests, lunch with the editors and much more! Don't miss out! Visit the website for details.

Fall Conference "Path to Publication"
New Orleans Area/ Metairie, East Bank Regional Library. 9:00am - 3:30pm
This is an all day event featuring Maggie Lehrman, Assistant Editor from Abrams Books for Young Readers/Amulet Books; Miriam Hees, Publisher & Managing Editor and Madeline Smoot, Editorial Director from Blooming Tree Press; and Helen Lester, author. Visit the website for details as they become available.

Weekend Mentoring Workshop
Toms River Country Club in Toms River, NJ
Space is limited to 14 authors and 2 editors. Visit the website for more information.

Professional Series Meeting
University Book Store in Bellevue
Celebrating new children's books from local authors and illustrators. Visit the website for details.

Monthly Meeting
Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston
Financing Your Career. Visit our website for further details.

Professional Series Meeting
Seattle Pacific University, WA. 6:45pm
Mark Siegel, Editorial Director of First Second Books, the graphic novel imprint of Roaring Brook Press, will present a main program on the state of the graphic novel industry. Plus, a mini-session on "Managing Your Clutter" will be presented by professional organizer, Kim Condrin. Registration at 6:45 p.m. Program begins promptly at 7:00 p.m. For information, contact Sara Easterly or visit the website.

Fall Retreat
Jemez Springs, NM
Intensive critique groups, work time, and socializing. Visit www.scbwi-nm.org in early August for information.

Fall Retreat
Silver Falls Conference Center, Sublimity, Oregon
For more information as it becomes available please visit the website.

Chapter Meeting
University of San Diego, Hahn School of Nursing, Room 106 from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
“View From an Agent's Desk” With Erin Murphy Literary Agent, Founder of Erin Murphy Literary Agency. Visit website for details.

Second Saturday Series
Redwood City Library in Redwood City
This is a three hour meeting with a speaker presentation. Details on speakers and topics can be found under the conference/event link at www.scbwinorca.org as they become available.

Annual Conference
Continuing Education and Conference Center, University of Minnesota, 1890 Buford Ave, St. Paul, MN
Visit the website for details as they become available.

Booktalk & Group Critiques
TBA in Makati , 6:00pm - 9:00pm
This event is open to members and non-members. Bring any children's or young adult book that you can share and discuss, or bring a work in progress - your manuscript or your portfolio for children and young adults. A round-table discussion follows. Attendance fee covers one drink: P100 for SCBWI members, P120 for non-members. Contact Beaulah Taguiwalo or Dominique Torres (Nikki), or visit the website for further details.

East Bay Meeting Series
River of Words (www.riverofwords.org)
Check the website for more details.

Tuesday Professional Series
Anthroposophical Society, 138 West 15th Street, New York, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Topic "Marketing Your Own Work," With Susan Raab, Raab Associates, Inc. $15/SCBWI members, $20/ nonmember. Payment accepted at the door; limited to 80 people. For more information, visit New York - Metro, e-mail Seta Toroyan, or call (212) 545-3719.

Retreat: The Novel in Vision and Revision
Die Heimat Country Inn, Homestead
Dorothy Love, PhD and Author.; Deborah Wayshak, Author and Editor, Candlewick; Jamie Weiss Chilton, Associate Editor, Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Limited space. Visit www.scbwi-iowa.org for details or email Connie Heckert.

17th Annual Fall Conference: “Light Your Creative Fire”
Spain Park High School in Hoover, AL
Keynote address by Award-winning author, Paul Fleischman. Other faculty includes Martha Mihalick, Associate Editor at Greenwillow Books (NY), Lindsay Davis, Agent at Writer’s House (NY), Elizabeth Law, VP & Publisher at Egmont USA (NY), Laurent Linn, Senior Designer at Simon & Schuster (NY), and Harold Underdown, Author of THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO CHILDREN’S BOOK PUBLISHING (NY). Additional workshops by Sarah C. Campbell, Athor/Photographer “Taking Pictures that Sell”, Elizabeth Dulemba, Author/Illustrator “Illustrator’s Self-Promotion – Cheap!”, Diane Shore, Author "Nonfiction/Combining Facts with Voice", Sharon Wright Mitchell, Librarian "Research for Writers/Librarian’s Tricks!" and an all-Day Marketing Intensive by Mollie Nickell, Marketing Consultant/Author & previous publisher for TIME-LIFE; BETTER HOMES & GARDENS. Visit our website for more information and updates.

Annual Fall Retreat
Racine, WI
Featuring: Krista Marino, Editor with Delacorte Press; Stacy Cantor, Editor with Walker Books; Linda Sue Park, Author; Holly Black, Author; and Henry Cole, Illustrator. Check website for further details as they become available.

Writers’ Day
AEON East Japan Meeting Hall in Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo. 9:15am to 6:30pm
A full day of workshops, presentations and inspiration for published and pre-published writers of all genres of children’s literature. Fee: Advance registration by October 10 is 4,000 yen SCBWI members; 7,000 yen nonmembers; Fee at-the-door is 5,000 yen SCBWI members; 8,000 yen nonmembers. This event will be in English. For a full schedule and presenter information visit www.scbwi.jp.

Critique Meet
Universalist Church of Akron, 3300 Morewood Road, Fairlawn, Ohio 44333, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Bring a page or two of your current Work in Progress (manuscript or portfolio) to share for critique. Check website for details.

Conference
College of Southern Nevada, Charleston Campus, 6375 West Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV
Picture books, chapter books, series, nonfiction and novels... will all be covered in Ready, Set...Publish!. Guest speakers include Abigail Samoun, project editor at Tricycle Press; Linda Joy Singleton, author of the Seer series; Michelle Parker-Rock, non-fiction author and SCBWI Arizona RA; and Ellen Hopkins, NY Times bestselling YA author and SCBWI Nevada Co-RA.See website for details, or contact Ann Kimbrough.

2nd Annual Fall Retreat for Writers and Illustrators of Children’s Books
Location TBA
For information, contact Sara Easterly or visit the website.

Fall Conference: “UnMask Your Character: Reveal Your Story”
Mills College, Oakland
Speakers include: Editors Julie Romeis, Gretchen Hirsch; Agents Erin Murphy, Jennifer Laughran; panel discussion on writing YA. Check the website for more details as they become available.

Writer’s Day
California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, 9am-4:30pm
Featuring Meredith Mundy Wasinger, Senior Editor, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.; Jamie Weiss Chilton, Associate Agent, Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc.; Patrick Collins, Creative Director, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers; and Spotlight authors Dan Hanna, Caroline Hatton, Siri Weber Feeney and Andrew Smith. The event also includes a writing contest, illustration display, manuscript critiques and portfolio reviews. $85 members, $95 non-members. $45 for critiques. Writing contest & illustration display- free. For details and registration information as it becomes available go to www.scbwisocal.org.

Annual Fall Conference
Arlington, VA
Keynote speaker Jane Yolen. Editors: Robin Benjamin, Marshall Cavendish Children's Books, Alvina Ling, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Allison Wortche, Alfred A. Knopf and Crown Books for Young Readers, Jill Santopolo, Laura Geringer/HarperCollins, author/illustrator Valerie Tripp, agent Sarah Davies, Greenhouse Literary Agency. Visit our website for more information as it becomes available.

Critique
First United Methodist Church in Arlington, TX, from1:00pm – 4:00pm
Writers and illustrators will meet in a small group setting to gather feedback and grow. FREE EVENT. For more information, contact Linda Powley or visit
www.northtexasscbwi.org.

Welcome to Success Workshop (Part 1 of a Three-Tier Workshop series)
Willie's Room in The Soutar House, 27 Wilson Street, Perth. 2:00pm.
Elizabeth Wein, author of The Mark of Solomon duology and long term SCBWI member and past Assistant Regional Advisor of SCBWI British Isles and editor of its regional newsletter. Topic: Making the Most of SCBWI, How to Tackle The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook, and Following Up Your Submissions! Come hear Elizabeth Wein's many good reasons for maintaining her SCBWI membership over the years, and find out how you can make the most of yours. Elizabeth will also give basic guidelines about the do's and don'ts of submissions and advice on how to attack those daunting tomes of information such as The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook. Cost: £5 for SCBWI members, £7 for non-members. Spaces are extremely limited, so please pre-book. Visit www.scbwiscotland.co.uk and/or our Yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scbwiscotland/ for further updates.

One Day Mentoring Workshop
Princeton Theological Seminary
Space is limited to 28 authors and 4 editors. Visit the website for more information.

Schmooze: "Novel Characters"
College Station Barnes & Noble, 10 a.m.
Informal meeting with discussion led by a facilitator. Open critique time follows. Please check our website for program updates and critique rules.

Speaker Event
Parsons School of Design, Paris. 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Marjane Satrapi: Author/illustrator joins us for a discussion about graphic novels, writing what you know and walking the red carpet at Cannes. For more information or visit our website.